The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power.
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
I am never less alone than when alone.